diff --git a/packages/stage-ui/stories/setup.ts b/packages/stage-ui/stories/setup.ts
index da93d4a10e..2ca2be0b3d 100644
--- a/packages/stage-ui/stories/setup.ts
+++ b/packages/stage-ui/stories/setup.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import type { Plugin } from 'vue'
 
 import { autoAnimatePlugin } from '@formkit/auto-animate/vue'
 import { defineSetupVue3 } from '@histoire/plugin-vue'
+import { useMutationObserver } from '@vueuse/core'
 import { MotionPlugin } from '@vueuse/motion'
 import { createPinia } from 'pinia'
 
@@ -28,6 +29,22 @@ import '@fontsource/m-plus-rounded-1c/index.css'
 import '@fontsource/maple-mono/index.css'
 import '@fontsource-variable/nunito/index.css'
 
+// NOTICE:
+// `useTheme` re-applies its stored scheme and removes the Histoire `dark` class.
+// Mirror the Histoire `htw-dark` state (@histoire/app/dist/bundled/util/dark.js) to `dark`.
+// Do not write `useTheme`: stories share an origin with stage-web and would change its saved theme.
+// Remove when Histoire can drive an app-owned theme store.
+function syncHistoireDark() {
+  const root = document.documentElement
+  root.classList.toggle('dark', root.classList.contains('htw-dark'))
+}
+
+// `setup.server.ts` re-exports this module for story collection in Node, where `document` does not exist.
+if (typeof document !== 'undefined') {
+  syncHistoireDark()
+  useMutationObserver(document.documentElement, syncHistoireDark, { attributeFilter: ['class'] })
+}
+
 export const setupVue3 = defineSetupVue3(({ app }) => {
   // Each story app gets its own Pinia, because components such as the chat history items read stores in setup.
   app.use(createPinia())